Nitish Kumar To Sack RJD Ministers, Replace Them With BJP Faces: Sources

Patna: 

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will sack ministers belonging to alliance partner and Lalu Yadav’s party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) tomorrow, sources told NDTV today.

The BJP and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), have also finalised a seat-sharing agreement for the Lok Sabha election due in three months.

All BJP MLAs in Bihar have already given letters of support to Nitish Kumar, sources have said.

These developments indicate the JD(U) chief – who dumped the BJP to join the Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance in August 2022 – has crossed the point of no return in running the alliance government with the RJD and the Congress.

Nitish Kumar, 72, is in direct talks with Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work out the fine details of his latest coup, sources said.

The Bihar Chief Minister will host a lunch tomorrow of JD(U) and BJP MLAs at his home, after which the MLAs of both the parties will go to the Governor to give their letters of support, sources said.

Nitish Kumar is likely to replace the sacked ministers from the RJD with BJP faces, sources said. He will have a major say in selecting a new Deputy Chief Minister, they said, alluding to the possible exit of Nitish Kumar’s current deputy and Lalu Yadav’s son Tejashwi Yadav.